Not all first starts are as fabulous as the inaugural fashion week at SMU.

Fashion-minded students, alumni, faculty and members of the community attended the panels to hear about different aspects of the industry.

The week will come to a conclusion with Retail Club’s annual fashion show on Friday, a tradition that has been in place for years but never paired with an entire week dedicated to educating students on the industry.

In the past, the Retail Club fashion show has taken place at Barneys New York at NorthPark Center and more recently at the Meadows Museum on campus.

But this year, they are taking the show outside in the beautiful Dallas weather.

A carpeted runway will unfold down the middle of the Owen Fine Arts Center courtyard, with models filing out from the glass doors.

The team, including Grace Davis, Rebecca Marin and Meg Jones, has gathered a line up of stellar student models to give the clothes life on the runway.

Retail Club has been working closely with Stanley Korshak to choose and style the outfits.

To mimic the collections shown at major fashion weeks around the world, Retail Club event coordinator Meg Jones and president Rebecca Marin formulated themes to organize the show and give the clothes coherency.

The four themes were built around the typical life of an SMU student: Boulevarding, school, class and going out.

Expect to see lots of dresses, prints and vibrant colors. The show will be emceed by SMU Fashion Week executive chair Grace Davis.

SMUStyle.com, a popular campus-based blog, will announce their anticipated Ten Best-Dressed Students during an intermission following the first two themes.

Head to Meadows at 5 p.m. Friday for great looks on the runway and off in the crowd.

Both local and national designers will be featured at the fashion show.

For more information on SMU Fashion Week and the fashion show, visit www.smufashionweek.com.